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An IS can be defined as the study complentary networks of hardware and software that people and organisations use. Orgqanisations use IS to collect, filter, process, create and distribute data. The study of IS is both a combination of studying what a business needs and how they can use technology to achieve these goals. Computer Information Systems (CIS) is a field studying computers and algorithmic processes, including there principles, their software and hardware designs, their applications and their impacts on society, while IS emphasizes functionality over design. Information systems can take the shape of many different designs, here is what a simple IS system looks like: